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The key role of pharmacy clinics in South Africa's evolving healthcare system

7 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Namibia lifts ban on poultry imports from South Africa

Agro-processing

Namibia lifts ban on poultry imports from South Africa

3 Jun 2024

Medical aid cover for physical rehabilitation and physical therapy in South Africa, by Medshield

Medical Aid

Medical aid cover for physical rehabilitation and physical therapy in South Africa, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 28 Mar 2024

#MentalHealth: Students encouraged to use Higher Health crisis helpline

Higher Education

#MentalHealth: Students encouraged to use Higher Health crisis helpline

11 Oct 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Exodus of SA doctors and nurses places more responsibility on pharmacists

29 Sep 2023

Re-connecting in a diverse nutrition world

Nutrition

Re-connecting in a diverse nutrition world

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 17 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied.

Hospital Groups

Mediclinic Southern Africa expands into precision medicine

2 Feb 2023

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Nutrition

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 16 Jan 2023

Medical Aid

The Covid storm may be over, but its impact on the global healthcare sector will be felt for years to come

Katja Hamilton 16 Nov 2022

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Women's Health

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Fourie Joubert and Annie Joubert, Issued by University of Pretoria 18 Oct 2022

Bonitas 2022 contributions continued for 2023!

Medical Aid

Bonitas 2022 contributions continued for 2023!

Issued by Bonitas 4 Oct 2022

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Design & Manufacturing

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Agbaje Lateef 1 Jul 2022

Emergency Medicine

African solutions to African problems: Reframing science innovation

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD 9 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Jonathan Keytel, head: Healthcare Transformation and Sustainability at Roche Diagnostics.

Healthcare

Africa Day: Driving healthcare access across borders

25 May 2022

NHI - More questions than answers

NHI

NHI - More questions than answers

Lee Callakoppen, Issued by Bonitas 28 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Discovery and AIA to establish a pan-Asian health insurtech business

16 Feb 2022

LifeQ secures $47m investment funding

Funding

LifeQ secures $47m investment funding

27 May 2021

Noncommunicable diseases

Zambia must find a way to balance the economy and public health in tax policy

Mulenga Mary Mukanu 23 Apr 2021

Rotary Africa event to unpack sustainable development of fashion and textiles

Exhibitions & Events

Rotary Africa event to unpack sustainable development of fashion and textiles

14 Apr 2021

Call for removal of blanket quarantine regulations in air traffic

Aviation

Call for removal of blanket quarantine regulations in air traffic

9 Dec 2020

Food provenance platform set to boost SA beef supply chain

Agribusiness

Food provenance platform set to boost SA beef supply chain

Issued by YehBaby Marketing Creatives 7 Oct 2020

Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions

Environment & Natural Resources

Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 23 Sep 2020

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Food Security

Food is one aspect, but safe food is crucial

26 Aug 2020

Public Health

Technology can help people manage their diabetes - case study shows it's not being used

18 Aug 2020

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

FMCG

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

Gary Sacks, Eric Crosbie and Melissa Mialon 30 Jul 2020

In the short term, South Africa has enough beds. Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africa sets aside more money for Covid-19 but lacks a spending strategy

Alex van den Heever 30 Jun 2020

South Africa's superhero dietitians

Covid-19

South Africa's superhero dietitians

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Jun 2020

Digital strategies key for retail to survive a shifting consumer landscape

Technology

Digital strategies key for retail to survive a shifting consumer landscape

Jan Bouwer 28 May 2020

Will copper lead the industry out of lockdown?

Mining

Will copper lead the industry out of lockdown?

14 May 2020

Nurses and midwives can make a significant impact in managing and preventing the leading causes of death. Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Africa can and must do more to support nurses and midwives

Pauline Bakibinga 16 Apr 2020

Commuters outside Nairobi Railway Station wash their hands before entering the train station as a preventive measure against COVID-19. Photo by Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Public Health

Covid-19: a guide to good practice on keeping people well informed

Orkan Okan, Kristine Sørensen & Melanie Messer 23 Mar 2020

Tips to prevent spread of coronavirus in schools

Primary & Secondary Education

Tips to prevent spread of coronavirus in schools

12 Mar 2020

Cancer cases are on the rise in many parts of the continent. CI concept/Shutterstock

Oncology

What needs to happen for better cancer prevention and control in Kenya

Gershim Asiki 3 Feb 2020

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

Tuberculosis

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

21 Nov 2019

Billion Photos/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Measles epidemic: parents reluctant to vaccinate their children need to hear of the horrors of forgotten diseases

Sarah Pitt 2 Sep 2019

80's child/Shutterstock

Medical Research

Alzheimer's disease not linked to type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure - new study

Elisabet Englund & Keivan Javanshiri 26 Jun 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

Vector control targeting the larval phase of the mosquito’s life cycle can be successful. Shutterstock

Malaria

Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

Tiaan de Jager & Taneshka Kruger 30 May 2019

Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA

Infectious Diseases

Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

Oyewale Tomori 22 Feb 2019

Vaccines are an important health intervention. Shutterstock

Public Health

Why anti-vaccine beliefs and ideas spread so fast on the internet

Marina Joubert & Francois van Schalkwyk 14 Feb 2019

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

Public Health

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

25 Jan 2019

Dr Shrey Viranna, group chief executive officer and executive director of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Where is healthcare headed?

Shrey Viranna 7 Jan 2019

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

Public Health

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

28 Dec 2018

At about 21 million strong, nurses make up half of the world’s health workforce. SIM USA/Shutterstock

Public Health

To achieve universal healthcare, Kenya must invest more in its nurses

Sharon Brownie 11 Dec 2018

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

IP Law

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

Daniel Mak 5 Dec 2018

In this 2012 photo, grandmother Janet Kitheka, 63, collects her adopted “granddaughter” Lucy, 13, at the end of the school day in the yard of the Hot Courses Primary School, in the village of Nyumbani which caters to children who lost their parents to HIV, and grandparents who lost their children to HIV in Kenya.

HIV/AIDS

Aspirin could help reduce HIV infections in women

Colin Graydon and Monika Kowatsch 20 Nov 2018